New Photo Friday – Week 15

Once again, I have to apologize for the delay since my last post. I am well-meaning, but somehow the days just get away from me. I have a number of odds and ends to share with you before I share my photo for this week.

The first is the December Nerdy Special List. Those of you who have been following from the old blog know that I contribute to Pop Culture Nerd’s monthly Nerdy Special List. The end of year list for 2016 is rather nice, especially if you might be looking for a last-minute gift idea. There are some great titles over there.

Shelf Awareness had their favorite books of 2016 issue and I have two non-fiction reviews included in that list. And today is the last day to enter AudioFile’s contest to win 6 months of free audiobooks in conjunction with their editors’ favorites of 2016. I have three reviews in various categories for that issue. Check it out…and enter to win!

I’m into my 2017 books now, so I’ll be posting my favorites lists soon. Be on the lookout.

O.k. so that brings me to this week’s new photo. It comes from my photography class on Sunday where I was again working on lighting. I’ve been using the Cactus RF60 Wireless flash. In my set-up for this shoot I was using two flashes and the V6 transceiver. I have been quite impressed with the Cactus products. They’ve been easy to use and make the shoot go smoother, which is a plus for a photographer who’s still mastering all this lighting business!

In addition to the flashes I used a Godox softbox on one flash. I need to get a grid to go with my softbox, but for what I paid for it, it’s a good, portable, easy-to-use diffuser. The kit I bought comes with the S-type bracket, but you can buy kits without that and pay a little less.

My photo was taken with my Tamron 17-50mm lens at an aperture of 8.0. My shutter speed was 1/100 and my ISO was 100.

So what’s your favorite equipment that you use for lighting? Do you have any tips or tricks that you like to follow for lighting? Feel free to share with us. And share a photo if you have one today. I’d love to stop by and see it.

Hope you have a great weekend. I’m going to help out with a Santa photo shoot. I’m sure I’ll have fun stories and pictures to share after. Stay warm. Happy reading and shooting!